1723 Oaths: Pomeroys in Devon
Alma LaFrance
The Atterbury Plot
The origins of the 1723 loyalty oaths lie in the discovery, in the Summer of 1722, of a plot to bring about the restoration of the Stuart monarchy. Until recently, the Atterbury plot has been regarded as the muddled scheme of a band of deluded Jacobites, some of whom had only a tenuous grasp of reality. A more detailed evaluation has revised this view, describing it instead as ‘a serious and intelligent project which adapted itself thrice to the rapidly changing situation of an England in extreme crisis’. The plot, named after Francis Atterbury, Bishop of Rochester, was the last in a series of Jacobite schemes that threatened the survival of the Hanoverian dynasty in the immediate years following its inception in the person of George I.
Devon:
Charles Pomeroy:Stoke Damerel, 1 November 1715
Hugh Pomeroy At Sandridge 7 July 1714 before John Lear and George Chudleigh.
Hugh Pomeroy at The Castle, Exeter 5 Oct 1714 before Thomas Putt.
Paul Pomery (Pomeroy), constable of Brixham 5 Jan 1715 (1655-1733)
1723 Oath rolls: Devon.
Daniel Pomeroy, gent of Brixham [Signed] (1691-1761)
Eleanor Pomeroy, widow of Farway [Marked "P"]Pomeroy,
John Pomeroy of Farway [Signed] (B 1680-M. Katherine.)
Katherine Pomeroy, wife of John Pomeroy of Farway [Marked] (Above)
Nicholas Pomeroy (Pomroy) of Farway [Signed] (B. 1674-
Henry Pomeroy of Broadclyst [Marked "P"] B. 1680- ) There are three generations beginning circa 1625-30 in Broadclyst.)
John Pomeroy (Pomery) of Broadclyst [Signed] near Exeter (1695-1728)
Joan Pomeroy of Bigbury [Marked]
John Pomeroy of Sidmouth [Marked "P"] (Cordwainer)
Richard Pomeroy of Sandford [Marked "P"] (Near Clevedon.)
Samuel Pomeroy of Dodbrooke [Marked "S"]
Priscilla Pomery of Buckfastleigh [Marked] Widow of Daniel. She d 1741. He d 1699.)
Thomas Pomery of Buckfastleigh [Signed] ( 1689- son of Richard and Eliz.
William Pomery of Buckfastleigh [Marked] (c 1668- )
Thomas Pomrey (Pomery) of Lifton [Marked "T"] ?
John Pomroy (Pomory) of Lifton [Signed] (1695-1745)
William Pomroy (Pomorey) of Gittisham [Signed] Died Gittisham: b c 1675- 1734. 9 children: 5 boys.) Wife Hannah from Fenniton.